Perry: ‘I happily cling to my guns and my God’

Gov. Rick Perry was at his pass-the-ammunition strongest in his speech to the NRA convention in St. Louis.

“Ever since the campaign ended, the coyotes are a lot more nervous in Texas,” he said, referring to his killing of a coyote on a jog.

He called on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over the Fast and Furious operation, accusing him of “sheer incompetence.” He slammed the Obama administration for everything from rules on the scimitar-horned oryx to the president’s past comments.

“I happily cling to my guns and my God,” Perry said, “even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart.”

He went on:

“In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evil. But criminals are not bound by our laws. That’s what makes them criminals.When a crimninal breaks into your home I’ll let the liberals call the lawyer. I’m going to call Smith & Wesson.”

In Perry’s view, “Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.”